Al-Kafi 12293

Translation

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad, from Ibrahim Bin Abu al Balaad who said, ‘I went over to Abu Ja’far^asws Bin Al-Reza^asws, so I said to him^asws, ‘I want that my belly touches your^asws belly’. So he^asws said: ‘Over here, O Abu Ismail’, and he^asws uncovered his^asws belly and I uncovered from my belly, and my belly and his^asws belly touched. Then he^asws made me sit and called for a platter in which were raisings. So I ate, then he^asws started discussing, so he^asws complained to me about his^asws stomach, and I was thirsty, so I asked for water. So he^asws said : ‘O Maid! Give him a drink from my^asws <span class="iTxt">Nabeez</span>’. So she came to me with <span class="iTxt">Nabeez</span> of partially-ripened dates in a yellow cup. So I drank it and found it to be sweeter than the honey. So I said to him^asws, ‘This is which spoils your^asws stomach’. So he^asws said to me: ‘These dates are from the donation of the Prophet^saww. It is taken in the morning, and water is poured over it, and the maid soaks it, and I drink it upon the effects of the meal, and rest of my^asws day. So when it was the night, the maid takes it, so she gives it to the people of the house to drink’. So I said to him^asws, ‘The people of Al-Kufa are not happy with this’. So he^asws said: ‘And what is their <span class="iTxt">Nabeez</span>?’ I said, ‘They take the dates, and they clean them and cast Al-Qa’wa over it’. He^asws said: ‘And what is Al-Qa’wa?’ I said, ‘Al-Daazy’. He^asws said: ‘And what is Al-Baazy?’ I said, ‘A grain which they come with from Al-Basra, so it is cast into this <span class="iTxt">Al-Nabeez</span> until it boil and it intoxicates. Then they drink it’. So he^asws said: ‘That is Prohibited’.

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